Table 4 Coexisting anthropometric failures according to the different classifications of malnutrition among children in Bangladesh
Coexisting Prevalence of Anthropometric Failures among Children of Bangladesh | ||||||||
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Groups | Possible categories of anthropometric failures | BDHS (1990–1991) n = 5351 | BDHS (1996–1997) n = 4706 | BDHS (2004) n = 6186 | BDHS (2007) n = 5535 | BDHS (2011) n = 7647 | BDHS (2014) n = 7256 | BDHS (2017-18) n = 7806 |
A | No failure | 2158 (40.8) | 1316 (28) | 2532 (40.9) | 2465 (44.5) | 3568 (46.7) | 3694 (50.9) | 4641 (59.5) |
B | Wasting only | 94 (4.1) | 113 (7.7) | 138 (5.1) | 169 (6.3) | 228 (5.9) | 234 (5.9) | 194 (3.9) |
C | Wasting & Underweight | 208 (7.8) | 321 (17) | 259 (8.3) | 352 (10.9) | 429 (9.5) | 418 (9.1) | 241 (4.6) |
D | Wasting, Stunting & Underweight | 356 (6.7) | 529 (11.2) | 469 (7.6) | 427 (7.7) | 528 (6.9) | 405 (5.6) | 229 (2.9) |
E | Stunting & Underweight | 1493 (32.1) | 1491 (40.8) | 1653 (31.4) | 1251 (27.6) | 1540 (24.3) | 1292 (21.2) | 1087 (15.6) |
F | Stunting only | 827 (27.5) | 746 (36.2) | 909 (26.4) | 625 (20.2) | 992 (21.8) | 870 (19.1) | 1091 (19) |
G | Stunting & Overweight | 22 (0.7) | 57 (2.7) | 31 (0.9) | 17 (0.5) | 50 (1.1) | 35 (0.8) | 38 (0.6) |
H | Overweight Only | 20 (0.8) | 31 (1.6) | 26 (0.8) | 43 (1.3) | 71 (1.6) | 64 (1.7) | 114 (2.4) |
Y | Underweight Only | 146 (6.2) | 102 (7) | 169 (6.2) | 186 (6.9) | 241 (6.2) | 243 (6.2) | 171 (3.5) |
ECIAF | 59.2 | 72 | 59.1 | 55.5 | 53.3 | 49.1 | 40.5 | |